July 2014

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Waramadong Sec outlasts Bartica Secondary to vie for zone championship honours

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Waramadong Sec outlasts Bartica Secondary to vie for zone championship honours

By Michael Benjamin A vociferous crowd comprising teachers and staunch supporters of the Bartica Secondary School (BSS) lined the touchline and shouted encouragement to their team but despite staging...

“Time for new look West Indies – Gayle, Chanderpaul and Shillingford must go now – WI selectors too!”

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Time for new look West Indies – Gayle, Chanderpaul and Shillingford must go now – WI selectors too!”

Colin E. H. Croft Not next year, not next overseas tour, to South Africa come December, but right now, for Bangladesh’s Caribbean tour next month, West Indies Test team needs changes! They blunder...

Third Malta Supreme Nat. Park Meet …Akeem Wilkinson secures debut win in feature contest

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Third Malta Supreme Nat. Park Meet …Akeem Wilkinson secures debut win in feature contest

Akeem Wilkinson pedaled to his maiden win in the feature 35-lap school boys and invitation race when the 3rd Malta Supreme 11-Race National Park Meet came off yesterday at the inner circuit of the...

Kwakwani, UG, Marian, NA Multi win YBG Conference titles

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kwakwani, UG, Marian, NA Multi win YBG Conference titles

The University of Guyana lifted the East Coast title of Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Friday night in a come-from-behind effort against President’s College at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall when...

Love triangle lands before court for 704 brawl

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Love triangle lands before court for 704 brawl

A 52-year-old man, his wife, and his “friend” were on Friday brought before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to charges which stemmed from an altercation at a recently opened...

Horse racing President suspends Secretary

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Horse racing President suspends Secretary

The Guyana Horse Racing Authority’s second executive meeting ended in chaos due to an individual’s misconduct towards the President and secretarial mismanagement. In an interview with Kaieteur...

East Bank Berbice residents see new road project consultation as political gimmickry

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on East Bank Berbice residents see new road project consultation as political gimmickry

“…we would not get any [new] road for this year…and we feel that is a political gimmick and that is the strategy of the PPP to delay—buy time—so as to delay to build our road!”-...

NICIL’s outburst a diversion – Greenidge

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL’s outburst a diversion – Greenidge

The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) which is headed by Winston Brassington, recently lashed out at A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) for its “calculated,...

Infant remains critical after vehicle collision

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Infant remains critical after vehicle collision

Shortly after 10:00 hours yesterday morning at the junction of Main and New Market Streets, Georgetown the driver of a cement-filled canter slammed into the side of a blue motorcar. The impact sent...

From the Diaspora…Manickchand disrespect and a disappearing Guyanese population

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…Manickchand disrespect and a disappearing Guyanese population

By Ralph Seeram My mother who is in her 90th year has always reminded me that there is “book sense” and “common sense”. I tried to pass this on to my kids. Today, if I needed a perfect...

America’s Independence and Guyanese Immigrants

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on America’s Independence and Guyanese Immigrants

Dear Editor, Guyanese Americans, like others, are celebrating American independence this extended weekend, commonly known as July 4th celebrations. It is the most celebrated of America’s...

ScotiaBank Bartica conducts cleanup campaign

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ScotiaBank Bartica conducts cleanup campaign

The staff of ScotiaBank, Bartica, cleaned the Hope Park monument and Smartt Park, on June 20, last. The monument of Hope Park gives reverence to the seven people who lost their lives when bandits...

Former soldier and wife take Anointed Hearts to Mabaruma

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Former soldier and wife take Anointed Hearts to Mabaruma

Anointed Hearts International Outreach Inc. opened its Resource Centre earlier this year. Anointed Hearts is a Region One-based organization. The ribbon cutting ceremony featured Regional Chairman...

Woman held for trafficking boy, 13

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Woman held for trafficking boy, 13

A Lyng Street, Charlestown woman was on Thursday taken into police custody following a five- week probe into the allegations of a 13-year-old boy who claimed that during his stay with her, she...

Top Cop insists on professionalism in force

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop insists on professionalism in force

Members of the Guyana Police Force continued their celebrations to commemorate the organization’s 175th anniversary as they took part in the annual route march along the streets of Georgetown...

Genuine dialogue

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Genuine dialogue

Dialogue is both a kind of conversation and a way of relating. It is a communication process in which participants may say or hear something they never said or heard before, and from which they may...

Lisa Punch is a statement of a type of marginalization that is peculiar only to Guyana

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lisa Punch is a statement of a type of marginalization that is peculiar only to Guyana

Dear Editor, Lisa Punch has worked her talents with smart support into the corridors that could lead to success, and a life in the upbeat enchanted forests with its myriad creatures that beckon every...

Kudos to the US Ambassador for speaking the truth

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kudos to the US Ambassador for speaking the truth

Dear Editor, After years of propaganda, deceit, distortion and vulgar and unbecoming behavior from the intellectually bankrupt and immoral PPP cabal, we thought we have heard it all. We were wrong....

Dismayed at former Police Commissioner’s hypercritical comments

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dismayed at former Police Commissioner’s hypercritical comments

Dear Editor, I have been noting with dismay the interventions of the former Police Commissioner, Mr. Winston Felix, in his hypercritical comments on the performance of the present administration in...

The biggest loser after the Rodney COI would be the Rodney family

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The biggest loser after the Rodney COI would be the Rodney family

Dear Editor, I offer some comments on a letter by Mr. Abu Bakr, (“An evocation of context is important to an understanding of events surrounding Walter Rodney’s death.” June 28). Bakr informed...

Youths stands no chance in this ‘old boy’s club’ political landscape

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Youths stands no chance in this ‘old boy’s club’ political landscape

Dear Editor, The entire Vanessa Kissoon suspension episode reinforces the view that young people hardly stand a chance in leadership positions in the established “old boys club” political...

Rape accused no longer with organisation

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rape accused no longer with organisation

Consequent to an article ‘Ice Cream man charged with rape of girl 14,’ which was published in the July 4, 2014 Kaieteur News, the Development Association of Fort Ordinance, (DAFO) has said that...

Housing and You…Electrical wiring and what can go wrong

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…Electrical wiring and what can go wrong

By Leonard Gildarie (I have received a number of queries on wiring of the new home. Today we re-publish a related article from last September) I do believe that quite a few critical things are...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The situation is interesting, especially since the ranks of the criminals have swollen tremendously. For one they are younger and for seconds, they can easily obtain guns. They are the ones who are...

CARICOM: Arrest “bun-wuk” before it spreads

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on CARICOM: Arrest “bun-wuk” before it spreads

By Sir Ronald Sanders “Bun-wuk” or “Fiyah-d-wuk” are two names for a troubling phenomenon that has recently emerged in certain countries of the 15-nation Caribbean Community...

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Jun 18, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Wayne Forde, has announced that Guyana’s Junior Jaguars will participate in the inaugural FIFA Global U-15 Boys...

Income tax thresholds

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The government has done it again. It has indicated that workers can look forward to an increased income tax threshold of $200,000 by the end of the decade. One Facebook comment hit the nail on the head. It urged the government to file for intellectual bankruptcy. Increasing the...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Churches as moral compass

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – President Ali got that one right. Institutions such as churches have a duty to function as “society’s moral compass.” I couldn’t agree more with the president. Commend him. More commendations for Excellency Ali: “together let us find the soul of this...

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